The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-04-30
weatherly Correspondents.

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Mrs. Richards, a daughter of Squire
Jones, living on Third street, was buried at
this place Tuesday Services in the NJ. E.
Church.
Mr.. Rehrig, dry goods merchant of
this place, lately sold out his stock of goods
and moved to Freeland, where he is now
in the saloon business.
Dr. Tweedle, who left town about
year ago, will return to Weatherly again
this week. He will resume the practice of
medicine with DIR. C. ]. Hoffman under the
firm name of Tweedle 6 Hoffman.
-Woikmen were busy last Sunday lay
ing an additional track in the Valley Com
pany's yard at this place so as to facilitate
amount of coal that daily passes through
our yards.
-Rumor has it that an additional coal
train will soon be added to the Silver
Brook run; that we are to have a new de-
pot before long; aud that MessFs. Eadie G
White will soon leave town for a trip to
Wichita and Duluth.
"A team belonging to Messrs. Warner &
Sandel while standing ON Carbon street,
suddenly took fright and dashed down
aforesaid street at 2:40 speed. In passing
Sondheims store, the wagon came in con-
tact with a lamp-post and was overturned
and broken. Fortunately no one was
hurt.
H. W Swartz, from Coplay, who lately
opened a cigar store and factory in this
place, left last Saturday again. Rumor has
it the building in which he had his store
has been boycotted by the Knights of La
Dor. At least, Mr.. S. was poorly patron
lied while here. The building is owned by
Mr.. Benninger, of Slatington.
Miss Susie Schoonover, teacher of the
fifth grade Ia secondary, owing to failing
health, rendered her resignation, the same
to go into effect at the close of the present
school month. The board has not decided
yet who her successor will be. Poor health
is unfortunately too often the result of
faithful work in the school room.
On Tuesday next the school directors
of Carbon county will be called upon to
elect man to the most responsible posi-
ton confled to their trust, viz, the super
intendent of public schools. The directors
have three candidates from which they are
to choose a superintendent. These can
ddates have varied qualifications and
claims to the position, but in this article
we viii speak OF the preeminent qualifca-
tions of our worthy townsman, Prot ]. l..
Potteiger He has been preeminently sue
cessful as teacher and principal, and he
is prominently qualified TO fill the import
ant position of supervising the schools,
Through his efforts and under hls super
vision the schools of Weatherly have
reached standing second to none in the
county This school has graduated more
pupils than all the other high schools in
the county combined have graduated, and
the superintendent remarked at the last
commencement that Prof. Potteiger's last
class was "the strongest class that ever
graduated in the county" Prof. Potteiger
was one of the leading advocates in the
cou ty for supplementary reading in our
schools, and | think l can safely say that
the WeatheTly scools have more supple.
mentary reading to-day than any other dis
trict in the county. While he is intellec-
tually and professionally qualified he can
also lay claim TO MORAL qualifications.
7 His mind is not so versatile nor his con
, science so flexible that he can advocate a
moral reform one day and plead for some
thing that is in direct opposition to it the
next day as one of the candidates has re-
I peatedly done. Prof. Potteger is a man
p of PRINCIPLE, and, as such. he does net
waver in his opinions on moral measures
as he would were he a POLICY man. In all
5 his relations here, both as teacher and as
D private citizen, he has shown himself 10
be a christian gentleman. His work here
and elsewhere in the county observes
recognition and cannot be eonsclentiously
] ignored in the choice of a candidate next
I Tuesday. His fellow teachers in this town
4 commend him TO the directors of Carbon
county. ALPHA.